Common foreign and security policy in the Obama era: what can Europe expect; what can it offer? [WP956]
- Date
- Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 February, 2009
- Venue
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Wiston House
Wilton Park
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park
- Event no.
- WP956
- Downloads
This conference discussed the following points:
- How might the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and external action service evolve?
- As soft and hard power distinctions blur, how can internal co-ordination and relations with external actors be improved?
- How are tensions over the Georgia conflict, energy supplies and other issues impacting on relations with Russia and the EU’s neighbours?
- What impact from the financial crisis on links with Russia, China and the Middle East in particular?
- What priorities for northern regions and the Baltic?
- What future for South-East Europe?
- What progress on Euro-med initiatives?
- How to promote the EU and its values in the CFSP arena?
- How to secure greater public engagement?